11:05 Tech: Microsoft's Azure outage, hackers choosing to wipe data than ransom
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Cybersecurity expert Tony Grasso looks at what was behind Microsoft's Azure outage that impacted businesses around the world.
Wiper attacks are on the rise in New Zealand - these are malware attacks designed to permanently delete data rather than steal it.
Australian Clinical Labs has lumped a AU$5.8m penalty for a breach that exposed over 223,000 sensitive health records, and Optus is also facing a big civil penalty proceeding for allegedly not adequately managing cybersecurity risks ahead of its 2022 breach.
Cybersecurity expert Tony Grasso is Chief Information Security officer at COGENT. He worked at GCHQ in the UK and is a former Intelligence Officer in New Zealand.
